Do you like the smell of dirty dog? Do you like seeing your pet infested with fleas or ticks? There is a high chance that you do not. The answer to this problem is to make sure your pet undergoes regular dog grooming.

It is not always easy to do, especially if your pet is not used to taking baths or having its hair cut but it is essential to maintaining a healthy coat and body.

Dog books and experts agree that dog grooming is an excellent way to foster a bond between pet owner and pet. It allows consistent contact and it helps assure the pet that its needs are being met in a safe way.

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Keisha in the dryer

I hope everyone had a happy new year!  I haven’t written an update for awhile now because I’ve been so busy!  I mentioned last year (that sounds so odd because it was only last month!), that I was going to teach Keisha to take clothes out of the dryer.  Well, it turns out that she was still a bit too short, but just before I started this entry I managed to “introduce” her to the dryer.

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The following is a guest post from Susan Daffron, author of two wonderful books about animal rescue.

Thank you for letting me write a guest post for your blog about my books Happy Hound (HappyHoundBook.com) and Happy Tabby (HappyTabbyBook.com).

I wrote these two books specifically for people who have adopted dogs and cats from animal shelters. After years of volunteering and working at animal shelters and at a low-cost vet clinic, I saw what happens when the relationship falls apart between pets and their owners. The reason I wrote the books is simple: I want to see more pets stay in their forever homes!

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When my nephew, Jacob, called to say he’d be in town for my birthday I really didn’t expect such a grown gentleman to show up at my door. Not seeing him for quite some time I didn’t really know what to expect. My fondest memories were of him with puppy Corona. So adorable together it was a shock to see Jacob so timid of the size this Dogo Argentino became although Jacob’s growth didn’t seem to faze Corona.

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Yesterday we went to the beach. Los Angeles has many beaches but dogs are only allowed on a handful, so we went to Leo Carrillo State Beach which is part of a big park of the same name. You can camp and hike in the park and the beach has tide pools and a giant kelp forest. You almost always see seals, otters and porpoises there because of all the fish that are in the kelp forest. In the winter, you can watch whales migrating by as they head south for the winter. There is a part of the beach that dogs are allowed on, but you have to be on a leash. I don’t mind, we have one of those 20 foot extending leashes, so I get a lot of space to roam. We set up camp and went down to test the water.

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